Anemone narcissiflora var. zephyra

(A. Nelson) B. E. Dutton & Keener

Phytolgia 77: 85. 1994.

Endemic
Basionym: Anemone zephyra A. Nelson Bot. Gaz. 42: 51. 1906 Anemone narcissiflora subsp. zephyra (A. Nelson) A. Löve D. Löve, & B. M. Kapoor
Treatment appears in FNA Volume 3.

Aerial shoots 7-40 cm. Basal leaves 3-7; petiole (4-) 5-10 (-15) cm; leaflets glabrous, sparsely pilose, or villous; lateral leaflets 2 (-3) ×-lobed; ultimate lobes 3-8 mm wide. Inflorescences 2-3 (-4) -flowered umbels or flowers solitary; peduncle pilose or villous; involucral-bracts obtriangular, 3-cleft, (1.5-) 2.5-5 cm, surfaces glabrous, sparsely pilose, or villous; lateral segments unlobed. Flowers: sepals 5-9, yellow or yellowish; stamens 40-60. Pedicels 5-10 cm in fruit. Achenes: body ca. 5 mm.


Phenology: Flowering summer (Jun–Aug).
Habitat: Forest margins, alpine meadows
Elevation: 2700-4000 m

Discussion

Selected References

None.

Lower Taxa

None.

"glabrous" is not a number.

acuminate-acute +  and obtuse +
Bryan E. Dutton +, Carl S. Keener +  and Bruce A. Ford +
(A. Nelson) B. E. Dutton & Keener +
connate +
narrowly cuneate +  and cuneate +
Anemone zephyra +  and Anemone narcissiflora subsp. zephyra +
4 cm40 mm <br />0.04 m <br /> (5 cm50 mm <br />0.05 m <br />) +
rudimentary +
plumose +
0.08 cm0.8 mm <br />8.0e-4 m <br /> (0.15 cm1.5 mm <br />0.0015 m <br />) +
0.3 cm3 mm <br />0.003 m <br /> (0.4 cm4 mm <br />0.004 m <br />) +
0.5 cm5 mm <br />0.005 m <br /> (0.9 cm9 mm <br />0.009 m <br />) +
ellipsoid;ovate +
5 cm50 mm <br />0.05 m <br /> (?) +
0.4 cm4 mm <br />0.004 m <br /> (0.6 cm6 mm <br />0.006 m <br />) +
globose;cylindric +
ascending;vertical +
2-9-flowered +
Colo. +  and Wyo. +
2700-4000 m +
broadened +
2-3(-4)-flowered +
showy +  and inconspicuous +
0 cm0 mm <br />0 m <br /> (60 cm600 mm <br />0.6 m <br />) +
stalked +, sessile +  and aggregate +
ovoid;obovoid +
Forest margins, alpine meadows +
spheric +
axillary +  and terminal +
1.5 cm15 mm <br />0.015 m <br /> (2.5 cm25 mm <br />0.025 m <br />) +
2.5 cm25 mm <br />0.025 m <br /> (5 cm50 mm <br />0.05 m <br />) +
parted or undivided reniform +  and obtriangular or lanceolate +
petiolate +, compound +  and simple +
whorled +, opposite +  and alternate +
villous +, pilose +  and glabrous +
palmate +  and pinnate +
incised;incised +
14 cm140 mm <br />0.14 m <br /> (18.5 cm185 mm <br />0.185 m <br />) +
5 cm50 mm <br />0.05 m <br /> (10 cm100 mm <br />0.1 m <br />) +
villous +  and pilose +
distinct +
conspicuous +
obovate +  and elliptic +
reduced +
0.15 cm1.5 mm <br />0.0015 m <br /> (0.2 cm2 mm <br />0.002 m <br />) +
10 cm100 mm <br />0.1 m <br /> (15 cm150 mm <br />0.15 m <br />) +
5 cm50 mm <br />0.05 m <br /> (10 cm100 mm <br />0.1 m <br />) +
Flowering summer (Jun–Aug). +
not arillate +  and stalked +
obtriangular +  and subulate +
1.3 cm13 mm <br />0.013 m <br /> (1.5 cm15 mm <br />0.015 m <br />) +
yellowish;yellow +
not persistent +
distinct +
5 +  and 9 +
ovate +  and rhombic or obovate +
0.35 cm3.5 mm <br />0.0035 m <br /> (4 cm40 mm <br />0.04 m <br />) +
0.5 cm5 mm <br />0.005 m <br /> (1.3 cm13 mm <br />0.013 m <br />) +
persistent +
villous;pilose;villous;pilose;glabrous +
Anemonastrum +, Anemonidium +, Anemonoides +, Hepatica +, Jurtsevia +  and Pulsatilla +
Anemone narcissiflora var. zephyra +
Anemone narcissiflora +
variety +
6 cm60 mm <br />0.06 m <br /> (9 cm90 mm <br />0.09 m <br />) +
3 cm30 mm <br />0.03 m <br /> (6 cm60 mm <br />0.06 m <br />) +
obtriangular;oblanceolate +
2 cm20 mm <br />0.02 m <br /> (10 cm100 mm <br />0.1 m <br />) +
0.3 cm3 mm <br />0.003 m <br /> (0.8 cm8 mm <br />0.008 m <br />) +
2-3(-4)-flowered +
herbaceous +  and woody +